Pictured Above: Ørsted‘s Anholt offshore wind farm under construction in Denmark. Ørsted and Eversource are building the South Fork Wind Farm.
The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which recently finished its draft environmental review of the South Fork Wind Farm, gave the public a chance to weigh in on the document at three virtual public hearings in mid-February, and is accepting further written public comment through midnight tonight.
While much of the focus on the wind farm locally over the past several years has been the local and New York State Public Service Commission review of the wind farm’s export cable, currently slated to come ashore at Beach Lane in Wainscott en route to a substation in East Hampton, the BOEM review focuses on the wind farm itself, 15 turbines slated to be placed in federal waters about 30 miles off the coast of Montauk.
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BOEM is reviewing a draft environmental impact statement on plans by offshore wind developers Ørsted and Eversource to build up to 15 turbines for the South Fork Wind Farm. BOEM image.
A draft environmental impact statement for the South Fork Wind Farm project off southern New England includes alternatives for a fishing vessel traffic lane and protecting ocean bottom habitat for fisheries.
Both could potentially displace preferred locations for up to 15 wind turbines of 6 to 12 megawatt capacity planned by project partners Ørsted and Eversource. The federal Bureau of Offshore Energy Management is considering the companies’ construction and operations plan for the project 19 miles southeast of Block Island, R.I., and 35 miles east of Montauk, N.Y.
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A group calling itself Wainscott United has been lobbying residents of the hamlet to oppose the incorporation proposal. Doreen Niggles and Annie Hall set up an information booth outside the Wainscott Post Office recently.
A group calling itself Wainscott United has been lobbying residents of the hamlet to oppose the incorporation proposal. Doreen Niggles and Annie Hall set up an information booth outside the Wainscott Post Office recently.
Michael Wright on Feb 10, 2021 The rifts that have run through the Wainscott community over village incorporation and the South Fork Wind Farm cable project burst through the constraints of a public hearing last week. more
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